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Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2024064828 · 6/1/2024 · Hwashin America Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Other finger(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified

Cause

Event
Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation
Source
Stamping machinery, presses except printing
Secondary source
Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name
Hwashin America Corporation
Location
661 Montgomery Hwy, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
NAICS
336111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was re-working parts while operating a 250-ton press on the pass line when the machine actuated and their right hand was crushed. The employee sustained amputations to their middle and ring fingers, as well as fractures to their right arm and hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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